Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 24 Oct 2000 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Death Notices. October 24, 2000 Ruben Abila PECOS Ruben Vejil Abila, 37, of Lewisville, an engineer for Cutler-Hammer Co., died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2000, at Medical Center in Lewisville. Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with the Rev. Manuel Muniz officiating. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at Pecos Funeral Home. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home.He was born in Pecos. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Molly Womak Abila of Lewisville; brother, Luis Genaro Abila of Katy; sister, Teresa Maria Abila Garcia of Midland; and grandparents, Mary Vejil Baeza of Pecos and Antonio and Raquel Abila of Barstow. Kaywin Berkley ODESSA Kaywin N. Berkley, 46, of Baird, a family services representative for the Air Force, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000, in Baird. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in Odessa and moved to Baird from Tucson, Ariz., in 1991. SURVIVORS: Father, Frank Berkley of Odessa; and sister, Beverly Hutton of Odessa. J.B. Hutchens Jr. RANKIN J.B. "Scoop" Hutchens Jr., 77, of Rankin, retired editor of the Rankin News, died Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, at Desert View Manor Nursing Home in Crane. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Rankin Cemetery with the Rev. Jim Medley officiating. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. He was born in Fayetteville, Ark. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Katie Jo Hutchens of Rankin; daughter, Barbara Shockley Johnson of Rankin; son, Hal Hutchens of Rankin; and five grandchildren. Maurene Theisen KERMIT Maurene Theisen, 85, of Kermit, a homemaker, died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2000, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Kermit Cemetery with the Rev. Beth Harrington officiating. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Quanah and had been a resident of Kermit for 60 years. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, Mark Theisen of Midland; and sister, Mildred Stafford of Amarillo. Margie Wallis ODESSA Margie Jane Thornton Wallis, 66, of Gardendale, a homemaker, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2000, at her residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Ross Ellis officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in Pioneer. SURVIVORS: Husband, Fred Wallis of Gardendale; sons, Mike Brannan of Odessa and Darren Wallis of Terlingua; daughters, Debbie Brannan of Odessa, Valerie Lewis of Wichita Falls and Veronica Beach of Cuero; sisters, Lola Ehrlich of Granbury and Phyllis Stephens of Hobbs, N.M.; brother, Jim Thornton of Sherman; and nine grandchildren. Monia Wilson PECOS Monia June Wilson, 60, of Pecos, a teachers aide for Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000, in Dallas. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Woodard officiating. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Wichita Falls and had been a lifelong resident of Pecos. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Charles E. Wilson of Pecos; daughters, Crystal Grimes of Garland, Tracy Wilson and Denise Wilson, both of Dallas; mother, Willie V. Thomas of San Angelo; sisters, Carolyn Walker of Sacramento, Calif., and Susie Walker of Manhattan, Kansas; and six grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.